Winston Blackmore is the leader of a polygamous Latter-Day Saint cult in Bountiful, Canada. He has 151 children with his 27 “spiritual” wives, some of whom he has admitted were underage. The polygamous community was founded by Blackmore’s father, Ray Blackmore, and his great-uncle.
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Winston Blackmore is the leader of a polygamous Latter-Day Saint cult in Bountiful, British Columbia, Canada. He has 151 children with his 27 “spiritual” wives, some of whom he has admitted were underage. The polygamous community was founded by Blackmore’s father, Ray Blackmore, and his great-uncle, Harold Blackmore. Winston Blackmore was considered to be one of two potential successors for the role of the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the other potential successor being Warren Jeffs.
Blackmore and another community leader, James Oler, were arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in January 2009 and charged with polygamy. The charges were thrown out later, owing to questions about how the Crown selected its prosecutors. The case was reopened in 2014, with the B. C. Supreme Court confirming that polygamy is against the law in a constitutional case.
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